Ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.

a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips

Pledges to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips at the federal level.

WATSON COLEMAN ANNOUNCES GUN SAFETY POLICY PRIORITIES
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Congress.gov shows Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman as sponsor of H.R.7166, introduced on January 20, 2026, and referred the same day to the House Committee on the Judiciary. The bill remains at the introduced stage with no later action listed.

Recent official action shows Watson Coleman advancing a gun-control bill, but not a ban on assault weapons or high-capacity magazines, and with no subsequent progress.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R.7166 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 92%

Congress.gov lists Mrs. Watson Coleman among the cosponsors of H.R.8051, the Assault Weapons Excise Act, which would impose an additional 1,000 percent excise tax on large-capacity ammunition feeding devices and semiautomatic assault weapons. The bill was introduced on June 14, 2022 and referred to committee.

Official congressional text shows Watson Coleman backed a measure targeting assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, but it was only introduced and never enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.8051 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Assault Weapons Excise Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 89%

Congress.gov lists H.R.4269, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2015, as introduced on December 16, 2015, referred to the House Judiciary Committee, and later referred to the crime subcommittee. CRS summarized the bill as making it a federal crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device. Its tracker status remained Introduced.

Watson Coleman’s first term included a concrete assault-weapons and large-capacity-device ban bill, but it did not advance beyond committee referral or become law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.4269 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Congress.gov’s cosponsor page for H.R.4269 lists Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman [D-NJ-12] as an original cosponsor on December 16, 2015.

Official cosponsor data shows Watson Coleman backed the 2015 assault-weapons and large-capacity-device ban bill during her first House term.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.4269 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov lists H.R.5087, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2018, as introduced on February 26, 2018, referred to the House Judiciary Committee, and later referred to the crime subcommittee. CRS summarized it as a bill to make it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device. The bill’s status was Introduced.

A later-term assault-weapons and large-capacity-device ban proposal was introduced but did not become law.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.5087 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Assault Weapons Ban of 2018 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

Congress.gov’s cosponsor list for H.R.5087 shows Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman [D-NJ-12] as an original cosponsor on February 26, 2018.

Watson Coleman cosponsored the 2018 assault-weapons ban effort, showing continued effort without enacted delivery.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.5087 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Assault Weapons Ban of 2018 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov lists H.R.1296, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019, as introduced on February 15, 2019 and referred to the House Judiciary Committee. CRS summarized the bill as making it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device. The tracker status remained Introduced.

The 2019 ban bill matched the promise’s substance but did not pass or become law.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.1296 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

Congress.gov’s H.R.1296 cosponsor page lists Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman [D-NJ-12] as an original cosponsor on February 15, 2019.

Watson Coleman officially cosponsored the 2019 Assault Weapons Ban, but cosponsorship did not yield enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.1296 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov shows H.R.1808, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, passed the House on July 29, 2022 by a 217-213 vote, but its latest listed action was August 1, 2022: received in the Senate, read twice, and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. CRS summarized the House-passed bill as criminalizing knowing importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons or large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

The House passed a qualifying ban, but Congress.gov shows it stopped in the Senate and did not become law.

never later_term A for effort

H.R.1808 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

The House Clerk’s Roll Call 410 records the July 29, 2022 vote on passage of H.R.1808, labeled Assault Weapons Ban. The vote status was Passed, 217 yeas to 213 nays, and Rep. Watson Coleman of New Jersey is recorded as voting Yea.

Watson Coleman voted for the House-passed assault-weapons ban, demonstrating concrete effort; the roll call alone does not show final enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 410 | Bill Number: H.R.1808 | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Congress.gov lists H.R.698, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2023, as introduced on February 1, 2023. CRS summarized it as making it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device. The bill’s tracker status remained Introduced, with the latest action on June 5, 2023 concerning first sponsorship succession.

The 2023 bill would have delivered the promised ban, but it remained introduced and was not enacted.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.698 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

Congress.gov’s cosponsor page for H.R.698 lists Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman [D-NJ-12] as an original cosponsor on February 1, 2023.

Watson Coleman continued to cosponsor assault-weapons-ban legislation in the 118th Congress, but the bill did not become law.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.698 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov’s cosponsor page for H.R.8051, the Assault Weapons Excise Act, lists Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman [D-NJ-12] as an original cosponsor on June 14, 2022. The bill was an excise-tax approach aimed at semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity feeding devices rather than a direct ban, and it was not enacted.

This is related gun-control effort, but it was not the promised ban and did not become law.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.8051 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Assault Weapons Excise Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Congress.gov lists Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman as sponsor of H.R.7166, the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2026, introduced January 20, 2026 and referred to the House Judiciary Committee. The bill remained at the Introduced status; its text addresses face-to-face ammunition purchases, ammunition dealer licensing, and reporting of bulk ammunition purchases, not an assault-weapons or high-capacity-magazine ban.

Watson Coleman sponsored related ammunition legislation in 2026, but it did not enact the promised ban and remained introduced as of the record checked.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R.7166 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): To require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%